Literacy Grant Overview

Increasing Achievement and Growth Grant (aka: SPED Literacy Grant) Summary
The goal of this grant is to improve student achievement in literacy for
our students with disabilities in grades K-3 thus decreasing the
achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers. The
major strategies and activities proposed to reach this goal include:

Parent Literacy Classes (two 8 week parent literacy classes each year in each district- budget includes stipends for teachers to lead these classes)

4) Technology Integration

iPads for assessment and intervention

Amplify Insight (platform for DIBELS Next administration and data analysis)

Total Award: $1,053,710 over three years

All NW BOCES districts are participating in this grant: East Grand,
West Grand, North Park, South Routt, Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and
Moffat. Thank you to the Colorado Department of Education for awarding
us this opportunity.